Farce movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant farce movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, funny, clever, absurd, hilarious and weird films and TV shows about / with farce, storytelling, dialogue, disorder, culture clash, mentor, suprisingly clever, runaway, catastrophe and adaptation plots mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as farce: Death at a Funeral (2007), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), The Brothers Grimsby (2016), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Burn After Reading (2008), Johnny English Reborn (2011), Addams Family Values (1993), Blazing Saddles (1974), The Dictator (2012).

List of farce movies

Death at a Funeral (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, light ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, funeral, dark humor, farce, secret, male nudity, sarcasm, corpse, novelist, secret lover, public nudity, blackmail ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london, seattle
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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Style: clever, absurd, humorous, black comedy, sexy ...
Plot: satire, farce, journalism, psychic power, media, desert, sarcasm, reporter, adaptation, drug trip, drug, military base ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1983, year 2003, year 1973
Place: iraq, middle east
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Death at a Funeral (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, funny, melancholic, talky ...
Audience: adult
Plot: farce, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, eccentric family, death, profanity, blackmail, husband wife relationship, african american, gay father, hallucinogenic drug, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style: humorous, parody, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: spy, satire, sarcasm, stupidity, farce, virus, love, espionage, culture clash, male pubic hair, secret service, secret agent ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, south africa, northern england, santiago chile ...
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- ...
Style: funny, not serious, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: couples, follow your dream, hidden identity, farce, taxi, superhero, starting over, culture clash, superhuman, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, understanding ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, israel, middle east, usa, lebanon ...
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Burn After Reading (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer, the two gym employees see a chance to make enough money for her to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, funny, cynical, absurd ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stupidity, espionage, satire, paranoia, farce, divorce, gym, dark humor, infidelity, internet dating, online dating, sarcasm ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, virginia, persia, america ...
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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on ...
Style: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: farce, espionage, james bond spoof, spy spoof, secret agent, secret service, british, prime minister, betrayal, gadget, agent, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, hong kong, macau, america, britain ...
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: espionage, mistaken identity, farce, spy, secret agent, undercover, sex, secret service, disorder, attempted murder, premarital sex, femme fatale ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: france, paris france
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Addams Family Values (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style: gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot: goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: hawaii
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 7.7
 163K
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: farce, cowboy, satire, old west, racism, absurd humor, cowboys and outlaws, small town, gay slur, chess, gunfight, ethnic slur ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, 1870s, year 1974
Place: los angeles, america, arizona, california
Is relevant?
 6.5
 363K
The Dictator (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style: hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time: 2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place: new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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Naked Gun 33â…“: The Final Insult (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: farce, sexual humor, absurd humor, stupidity, undercover, terrorism, law enforcement, satire, sexy woman, gangster, race against time, save the day ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1988, 70s
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, slapstick, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: farce, deaf, disability, chase, blindness, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, murder, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city, north america, new jersey, seattle
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 5.5
 107K
Your Highness (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.
Style: parody, absurd, sexy, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: farce, knight, medieval, wizard, female warrior, brothers, siblings relations, chastity belt, nobility, sarcasm, dumb, satire ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2011, 2010s, 50s
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.
Style: sexy, humorous, talky, melancholic, enigmatic ...
Plot: farce, infidelity, female protagonist, twists and turns, satire, adultery, mental health, suicide attempt, frustration, couple relations, women, actress ...
Time: 80s, year 1998, year 1988, 20th century
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, latin america
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Style: atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, biting, satirical ...
Plot: farce, bourgeoisie, high society, social commentary, absurdism, satire, social satire, surrealism, dark humor, decadence, dinner, dream ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place: europe, paris france, france, spain
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, satirical ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: robin hood, farce, medieval, satire, wedding, king, righting the wronged, chastity belt, bow and arrow, virgin, arson, blind man ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 20th century, 90s, 12th century ...
Place: england, arizona, jerusalem, new jersey, egypt
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 6.5
 92K
Three Amigos (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Style: funny, parody, humorous, spoof, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot: farce, stupidity, satire, dumb, actor, justice, rescue, gang, friendship, fish out of water, dishonesty, buddies ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1916, 80s
Place: mexico, latin america
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Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', ...
Style: funny, satirical, humorous, entertaining, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, farce, violence, stupidity, stoner, sexual humor, sarcasm, culture clash, hip hop culture, silly humor, politics, dumb ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, europe, jamaica ...
Is relevant?
 6.8
 251K
Role Models (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look ...
Style: funny, entertaining, hilarious, sexy, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick
Plot: lifestyle change, community service, friendship, friends, dimwit, farce, adolescence, public nudity, one night stand, teaching the ways of the world, young heroes, youth ...
Time: year 2008, medieval times, 21st century
Place: los angeles, middle east, california, usa, venice beach california ...
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Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, entertaining, talky, not serious ...
Plot: stupidity, farce, friendship, taxidermy, dumb, nothing goes right, misfit, moral dilemma, social satire, dinner, naivete, comedy of manners ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.9
 29K
The Ref (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Caroline and Lloyd are a married couple constantly at each other's throats, masters at crafting acid-tongued barbs at the other's expense. Indeed, they are so obsessed with belittling each other that they never stop -- not even at ...
Style: dark comedy, talky, witty, humorous, funny ...
Plot: christmas, hostage, dysfunctional family, farce, holiday, robbery, marriage counselor, marital crisis, extramarital affair, manhunt, blackmail, dinner ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 18th century
Place: connecticut, usa
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Style: funny, slapstick, humorous, light, talky ...
Audience: kids
Plot: farce, vengeance, master criminal, law enforcement, chase, manic, pink panther, comedy of errors, danger, uninhibited rivalry, goofy hero, fighting crime ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: west germany, munich germany, england
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Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Style: humorous, witty, sweet, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: farce, bank robbery, love triangle, couple relations, dog, bank teller, dishonesty, disorder, on the run, nothing goes right, love and romance, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: california, usa, san francisco
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 6.2
 3K
Happy Easter (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Chronic serial womanizer Stephane Margelle (Jean-Paul Belmondo) drops his wife Sophie (Marie Laforet) off at the airport so she can go away for Easter weekend. He immediately picks up beautiful young Julie (Sophie Marceau), who has just had a fight ...
Style: sex comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, erotic ...
Plot: farce, womanizer, adultery, nothing goes right, disorder, couples, infidelity, dishonesty, adulterer, female nudity, airport, young love ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, marseille, nice france, europe
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Under the Rainbow (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from ...
Style: light, funny, realistic, feel good, not serious ...
Plot: farce, mistaken identity, spy, espionage, assassin, secret service, hotel, secret agent, disorder, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, showbiz ...
Time: 80s, 1930s, year 1981, year 1938
Place: los angeles, california, usa, kansas
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 6.7
 148K
Police Academy (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: police academy, police, farce, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, cadet, misfit, recruit, justice, bully, police officer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place: usa, israel, los angeles
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Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, light, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, nothing goes right, farce, father son relationship, mafia, casino, satire, american football, femme fatale, assassination, voice over narration, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, year 1938, year 1967, year 1933
Place: las vegas, sicily, italy, europe, usa ...
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 5.3
 43K
Spy Hard (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: james bond spoof, spy spoof, farce, secret agent, satire, kgb, spying, goofy hero, heroic mission, disorder, assassination, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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Young Frankenstein (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, horror comedy, gothic ...
Audience: teens, horror for children
Plot: mad scientist, castle, frankenstein, monster, experiment, satire, frankenstein's monster, farce, laboratory, hunchback, sex scene, blindness ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1974, near future ...
Place: transylvania, arizona, europe, usa, seattle
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